This essay, My Experiences as a Black Man are Integral to My Work as a Teacher by Devon Loeb, published in Electric Literature, explores the painful realities of having been a black student and working  as a black teacher in the broken educational system in this country. The essay also shows why it is so […]

This essay by the comic memoirist David Seders is published in  the New Yorker and is one of his most well known essays, an excerpt from his book Santaland Diaries. I like to teach David Sedaris because he’s also a life long diarist (we talk about journalling and daily writing practices a lot in this class). […]

This graphic narrative, a form growing in popularity, by G. H. Yamauchi explores the difficult emotional terrain of a cancer diagnosis and possible self erasure. Notice how the use of drawings and visuals changes the experience of the narrative.   The Cancer Is Calling From Inside the House